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Just 55 percent of the world's crop calories are actually eaten directly by people. Another 36 percent is used for animal feed. And the remaining 9 percent goes
by ArkanExplorer 5y ago
Just 55 percent of the world's crop calories are actually eaten directly by people. Another 36 percent is used for animal feed. And the remaining 9 percent goes toward biofuels and other industrial uses.
https://www.vox.com/2014/8/21/6053187/cropland-map-food-fuel-animal-feed#:~:text=Just%2055%20percent%20of%20the,biofuels%20and%20other%20industrial%20uses https://www.vox.com/2014/8/21/6053187/cropland-map-food-fuel....
We can obviously drop biofuels immediately, as a complete boondoggle, and replace a far portion of the animal feed with this stuff.
It does raise the question though of what the function of the global poor is going to be, since many of them are engaged in agriculture.